TW201446113A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device including a first body and a second body is provided. The first body has a first connection end. The second body has a second connection end, the second connection end has a first magnetic component and a first convex arc surface. The second body is detachably connected to the first body through a magnetic attraction force between the first magnetic component and the first connection end, and the first body and the second body are adapted to rotate relatively along a rotating axis. The first convex arc surface faces the first connection end and extends along a direction parallel to the rotating axis.

Description

Electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an electronic device having a detachable body.

With the advent of the information age, the popularity of computer products has also increased year by year. In general, desktop computers are more efficient and are not often moved. Therefore, desktop computers are usually bulky and heavy. , occupying a lot of space for desktop work. In addition, the desktop computer must be connected to the display device through a connection line to limit the position of the display device to the length of the connection line. Due to the advancement of technology and the rise of the concept of integration, electronic products are also oriented toward thin and light designs, and with the development of electronic products, such as notebook computers, tablet PCs and integrated computers. (all-in-one PCs, AIO PCs) and other desktop devices that are lighter than desktops are increasingly popular in the electronics market.

In the case of an integrally formed computer, it is composed of a display device and a host fixed to the display device, and the user can perform touch input on the display device to operate the integrated computer. The back of the one-piece computer is usually equipped with a tripod, which can be supported when the tripod is deployed. The computer is integrally formed so that it stands firmly on the table for the user to operate, and the angle of the stand can be changed to adjust the inclination of the integrally formed computer. In addition, the integrated computer can be externally connected to the keyboard for the user to input using the keyboard. However, when the user adjusts the inclination of the integrated computer to move the integrated computer along the desktop, the keyboard on the desktop is easily hindered by the integrated computer. It is difficult to smoothly move along with the integrated computer. Therefore, how to make it easier and smoother for the user to adjust the inclination and position of the integrated computer is an important issue in its design.

The present invention provides an electronic device in which two bodies are detachably connected and can be smoothly linked.

The electronic device of the present invention includes a first body and a second body. The first body has a first connection end. The second body has a second connecting end, and the second connecting end has a first magnetic member and a first convex curved surface. The second body is detachably coupled to the first body by a magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member and the first connecting end, and the first body and the second body are adapted to rotate relative to each other along an axis of rotation. The first convex arcuate surface faces the first connecting end and extends in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation.

In an embodiment of the invention, the center of curvature of the first convex arc surface is located on the axis of rotation.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first magnetic member includes a plurality of magnets, each magnet has a first end surface and a second end surface, the first end surface has a first magnetic polarity, and the second end surface has a reverse a second magnetic pole of the first magnetic polarity The magnets are sequentially arranged along the axis of rotation, and the adjacent magnets are magnetically attracted to each other by the magnetic attraction between the corresponding first end surface and the second end surface.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first connecting end has a second magnetic member, the first magnetic member has a first end and a second end, and the second magnetic member has a third end opposite to each other. And a fourth end, the first end and the fourth end have a first magnetic polarity, and the second end and the third end have a second magnetic polarity, the first end pair is located at the third end, and the second end pair is located at the fourth end.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first magnetic member has an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer extends along the axis of rotation and has a first magnetic polarity, and the outer layer surrounds the inner layer and has a second magnetic polarity.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first connecting end has a second magnetic member, the second magnetic member has a first end surface and a second end surface, the first end surface has a first magnetic polarity, and the second The end face has a second magnetic polarity, the first end face being toward the first magnetic member.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first magnetic member has a second convex curved surface.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second connecting end has a first concave curved surface, and the second convex curved surface faces the first concave curved surface.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first connecting end has a second concave curved surface, and the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface are magnetically attracted by the first magnetic member and the first connecting end. When the first body and the second body rotate relative to each other along the rotation axis, the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface slide relative to each other.

In an embodiment of the invention, the centers of curvature of the second concave curved surface, the second convex curved surface, the first concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface are all located on the rotation axis.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second body has an opposite operating surface and a bottom surface, and the second connecting end is bent toward the bottom surface to form a bent portion, and the first convex curved surface is formed on the bent portion. On the outer side, a first concave curved surface is formed on the inner side of the bent portion, and the first magnetic member is accommodated inside the bent portion.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first body has a display surface opposite to the back surface and an edge adjacent to the display surface. When the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface are separated from each other, the second body is The bottom surface is adapted to bear against the display surface of the first body, and the bending portion bears against the edge of the first body in the direction of the parallel display surface.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first body has a third magnetic member, and when the bottom surface of the second body bears against the display surface of the first body, the third magnetic member and the second body The magnetic attraction positions the second body on the first body.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device further includes a tripod, wherein the first connecting end bears against a plane, and the tripod is pivotally connected to a back surface of the first body and supports the first body on a plane. .

In an embodiment of the invention, when the first connecting end moves along a plane to change the inclination of the first body, the second body moves along the plane along the first connecting end and the first body and the second body are opposite to each other along the rotation axis. Turn.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first body is an integrally formed computer, and the second body is a keyboard.

Based on the above, the second connection end of the second body of the present invention has the first magnetic And a detachable connection to the first connecting end of the first body by the magnetic attraction generated by the first magnetic member. Since the second connecting end has a first convex arc surface facing the first connecting end and the extending direction of the first convex arc surface is parallel to the rotation axis when the first body and the second body are relatively rotated, the first body and the second body are During the relative rotation, the second connecting end maintains a small distance from the first connecting end by the first convex arc surface, so as to ensure sufficient magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member and the first connecting end to connect The first body and the second body prevent the second body from falling off from the first body and hinder the movement of the first body, and enable the first body and the second body to smoothly interlock.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

50‧‧‧ plane

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

110‧‧‧First body

110a‧‧‧ display surface

110b‧‧‧Back

110c‧‧‧ first connection

110d‧‧‧second concave curved surface

Edge of 110e‧‧

112, 212‧‧‧ second magnetic parts

112b‧‧‧ third end

112c‧‧‧ fourth end

114‧‧‧ Third magnetic parts

120‧‧‧Second body

120a‧‧‧Operation surface

120b‧‧‧ bottom

120c‧‧‧second connection

120d‧‧‧First convex curved surface

120e‧‧‧ first concave curved surface

122, 222‧‧‧ first magnetic parts

1121, 1221‧‧‧ magnet

122a, 222a‧‧‧second convex arc surface

122b‧‧‧ first end

122c‧‧‧second end

124‧‧‧Bends

130‧‧ ‧ tripod

222b‧‧‧ inner layer

222c‧‧‧ outer layer

A, A’‧‧‧ axis

E1, E1'‧‧‧ first end

E2, E2'‧‧‧ second end

E3‧‧‧ third end face

E4‧‧‧fourth end face

1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic view showing the first body and the second body of FIG. 1 separated from each other.

3 is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1.

4A and 4B are flowcharts showing the operation of the electronic device of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member of FIG. 3. FIG.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the second body of FIG. 4B superposed on the first body.

1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a schematic view showing the first body and the second body of FIG. 1 separated from each other. 3 is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the electronic device 100 of the present embodiment includes a first body 110, a second body 120, and a stand 130. The first body 110 is, for example, an all-in-one PC. The AIO PC) and the second body 120 are, for example, a keyboard externally connected to the integrally formed computer. The first body 110 has a display surface 110a, a back surface 110b opposite to the display surface 110a, and a first connection end 110c. The second body 120 has an operation surface 120a, a bottom surface 120b opposite to the operation surface 120a, and a second connection end 120c. The first connecting end 110c of the first body 110 is adapted to bear against a plane 50 as shown in FIG. 3. The second body 120 is also adapted to bear against the plane 50 and is connected to the first body 110 by the second connecting end 120c. The first connection end 110c. This plane 50 is, for example, a table top or any surface suitable for placing the electronic device 100. The tripod 130 is pivotally connected to the back surface 110b of the first body 110 and supports the first body 110 on the plane 50. The user can perform touch input on the display surface 110a of the first body 110 or input through the operation surface 120a of the second body 120.

4A and 4B are flowcharts showing the operation of the electronic device of FIG. 3. In detail, the second connecting end 120c has a first magnetic member 122 and a first convex curved surface 120d. The first magnetic member 122 has a second convex curved surface 122a, and the first connecting end 110c has a second magnetic portion. Item 112. The second body 120 is detachably coupled to the first body 110 by a magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member 122 and the second magnetic member 112 of the first connecting end 110c. The user can apply the first body 110 to the first body 110 A connecting end 110c is moved from the position shown in FIG. 3 along the plane 50 to the position shown in FIG. 4A to change the inclination of the first body 110. The user can apply the first body 110 to move the first body 110 from the state shown in FIG. 4A to the state shown in FIG. 4B to lie flat on the plane 50. During the operation of the electronic device 100 from the state of FIG. 3 to the state of FIG. 4A and the state of FIG. 4A to the state of FIG. 4B, the first body 110 and the second body 120 are relatively rotated along the rotation axis A.

In this embodiment, the first convex arc surface 120d of the second connecting end 120c and the second convex arc surface 122a of the first magnetic member 122 face the first connecting end 110c of the first body 110 and are parallel to the rotation axis A. The direction extends, and the center of curvature of the first convex curved surface 120d and the center of curvature of the second convex curved surface 122a are located on the rotational axis A. According to this, during the relative rotation of the first body 110 and the second body 120 as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the second connecting end 120c and the first magnetic member 122 are supported by the first convex curved surface 120d and The second convex curved surface 122a is kept at a small distance from the first connecting end 110c, so that a sufficient magnetic force between the first magnetic member 122 and the second magnetic member 112 of the first connecting end 110c is ensured to connect the first The body 110 and the second body 120 prevent the second body 120 from coming off the first body 110, thereby hindering the movement of the first body 110, and enabling the first body 110 and the second body 120 to smoothly interlock.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member of FIG. 3. FIG. In order to make the drawings clearer, FIG. 5 only shows the first magnetic member 122 and the second magnetic member 112, and the other members of the first body 110 and the second body 120 in FIG. 3 are not illustrated. Referring to FIG. 5, in the embodiment, the first magnetic member 122 includes a plurality of magnets. 1221, each magnet 1221 has a first end surface E1 and a second end surface E2. The first end surface E1 has a first magnetic polarity (shown as N pole), and the second end surface E2 has a polarity opposite to the first magnetic polarity. a second magnetic polarity (shown as S pole), the magnets 1221 are sequentially arranged along the rotation axis A, and the adjacent two magnets 1221 are mutually mutually by the magnetic attraction between the corresponding first end surface E1 and the second end surface E2 The magnetic attraction is such that the first end 122b and the second end 122c of the first magnetic member 122 have the first magnetic polarity and the second magnetic polarity, respectively.

Similarly, the second magnetic member 112 includes a plurality of magnets 1121, each of the magnets 1121 has a third end surface E3 and a fourth end surface E4. The third end surface E3 has the second magnetic polarity, and the fourth end surface E4 has the foregoing a magnetic polarity, the magnets 1121 are sequentially arranged, and the adjacent two magnets 1121 are magnetically attracted to each other by a magnetic attraction force between the corresponding third end surface E3 and the fourth end surface E4, so that the third magnetic member 112 is third. The end 112b and the fourth end 112c have the second magnetic polarity and the first magnetic polarity, respectively. Since the magnetic polarity (N pole) of the first end 122b of the first magnetic member 122 is opposite to the magnetic polarity (S pole) of the third end 112b of the second magnetic member 112, the magnetic pole of the second end 122c of the first magnetic member 122 The S (pole) is opposite to the magnetic polarity (N pole) of the fourth end 112c of the second magnetic member 112, and the first end 122b and the second end 122c of the first magnetic member 122 are respectively located on the second magnetic member 112. The third end 112b and the fourth end 112c, so that the first magnetic member 122 and the second magnetic member 112 can be maintained in mutual magnetic attraction during the rotation of the first magnetic member 122 relative to the second magnetic member 112 along the rotational axis A status.

The invention does not limit the magnetic polarity distribution of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member. This is exemplified by the following figures. Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the first magnetic member 222 and the second convex arc surface 222a and the second magnetic member 212 of the present embodiment are similar to the first magnetic member 122 and the second convex curved surface 122a thereof shown in FIG. The function of the second magnetic member 112 will not be described herein. The difference between the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is that the first magnetic member 222 has an inner layer 222b and an outer layer 222c, and the inner layer 222b is along the axis of rotation A' (the same axis of rotation as shown in FIG. A) extends and has a first magnetic polarity (shown as N pole), and outer layer 222c surrounds inner layer 222b and has a second magnetic polarity (shown as S pole). The second magnetic member 212 has a first end surface E1 ′ and a second end surface E2 ′, the first end surface E1 ′ has a first magnetic polarity, the second end surface E2 ′ has a second magnetic polarity, and the first end surface E1 ′ Facing the first magnetic member 222, the first magnetic member 222 and the second magnetic member 212 can be maintained in a mutually magnetic state during the rotation of the first magnetic member 222 relative to the second magnetic member 212 along the rotation axis A'. .

In other embodiments, the second magnetic member 112 may be replaced by a magnetically sensitive metal member to combine the first body 110 and the second by the magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member 122 and the metal member. The body 120 is not limited by the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the second connecting end 120c of the second body 120 of the present embodiment is bent toward the bottom surface 120b to form a bent portion 124. The outer side of the bent portion 124 forms the first convex curved surface 120d. The inner side of the bent portion 124 receives the first magnetic member 122 and has a first concave curved surface 120e, and the second convex curved surface 122a of the first magnetic member 122 faces the first concave curved surface 120e. The first connecting end 110c of the first body 110 has a first The second concave curved surface 110d, the second concave curved surface 110d and the first convex curved surface 120d are abutted by the magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member 110 and the second magnetic member 112 of the first connecting end 110c. When the first body 110 and the second body 120 are relatively rotated along the rotation axis A, the second concave curved surface 110d and the first convex curved surface 120d are relatively slid. In this embodiment, when the second body 120 is connected to the first connecting end 110c of the first body 110 by the second connecting end 120c, the second concave curved surface 110d, the first convex curved surface 120d, and the first concave arc The center of curvature of the surface 120e and the second convex arc surface 122a are both located on the rotation axis A, for example, so that the first connection end 110c and the second connection end 120c can smoothly rotate along the rotation axis A, and the second convex arc surface The distance between the 122a and the first connecting end 110c is maintained to ensure that there is sufficient magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member 122 and the first magnetic member 112 to connect the first body 110 and the second body 120.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the second body of FIG. 4B superposed on the first body. Referring to FIG. 7, the first body 110 has an edge 110e adjacent to the display surface 110a, and the first body 110 has a third magnetic member 114 therein. When the second concave curved surface 110d of the first body 110 and the first convex curved surface 120d of the second body 120 are separated from each other, the bottom surface 120b of the second body 120 is adapted to bear against the display surface 110a of the first body 110, The bent portion 124 of the second body 120 bears against the edge 110e of the first body 110 in the direction of the parallel display surface 110a, and the magnetic attraction between the third magnetic member 114 and the second body 120 positions the second body 120. A body 110 is provided for the user to conveniently store or carry the electronic device 100. The second body 120 of the present embodiment has, for example, a metal case or a magnetic member corresponding to the third magnetic member 114 to generate the above magnetic attraction.

In summary, the second connection end of the second body of the present invention has the first magnetic And a detachable connection to the first connecting end of the first body by the magnetic attraction generated by the first magnetic member. The first convex arc surface of the second connecting end extends toward the second concave curved surface of the first connecting end and extends in a direction parallel to the rotation axes of the first body and the second body, and the first convex curved surface of the second connecting end and the first The center of curvature of the second concave curved surface of a connecting end is located on the rotation axis, so that the distance between the first convex curved surface and the first connecting end can be maintained during the relative rotation of the first body and the second body, It can be ensured that there is sufficient magnetic force between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member of the first connecting end to connect the first body and the second body to prevent the second body from falling off from the first body and causing movement of the first body. Obstructing and enabling the first body and the second body to be smoothly linked.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

50‧‧‧ plane

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

110‧‧‧First body

110a‧‧‧ display surface

110b‧‧‧Back

110c‧‧‧ first connection

110d‧‧‧second concave curved surface

112‧‧‧Second magnetic parts

120‧‧‧Second body

120a‧‧‧Operation surface

120b‧‧‧ bottom

120c‧‧‧second connection

120d‧‧‧First convex curved surface

120e‧‧‧ first concave curved surface

122‧‧‧First magnetic parts

122a‧‧‧second convex curved surface

124‧‧‧Bends

130‧‧ ‧ tripod

A‧‧‧ axis

Claims (18)

An electronic device includes: a first body having a first connecting end; and a second body having a second connecting end, wherein the second connecting end has a first magnetic member and a first convex curved surface The second body is detachably coupled to the first body by a magnetic attraction between the first magnetic member and the first connecting end, and the first body and the second body are adapted to be opposite along an axis of rotation. Rotating, the first convex arc surface extends toward the first connecting end and in a direction parallel to the rotation axis. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a center of curvature of the first convex curved surface is located on the rotational axis. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first magnetic member comprises a plurality of magnets, each of the magnets having a first end surface and a second end surface, the first end surface having a first magnetic polarity The second end surface has a second magnetic polarity opposite to the first magnetic polarity, and the magnets are sequentially arranged along the rotation axis, and the adjacent two magnets correspond to the first end surface and the second end surface The magnetic attraction between them is magnetically attracted to each other. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the first connecting end has a second magnetic member, the first magnetic member has an opposite first end and a second end, and the second magnetic member has a first end and a fourth end having the first magnetic polarity, the second end and the third end having the second magnetic polarity, the first end is located The third end is located at the fourth end. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first magnetic member has an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer extending along the rotation axis and having a first magnetic polarity, the outer layer surrounding the inner layer Has a second magnetic polarity. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the first connecting end has a second magnetic member, the second magnetic member has a first end surface and a second end surface, the first end surface having the a first magnetic polarity, the second end surface having the second magnetic polarity, the first end surface facing the first magnetic member. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first magnetic member has a second convex curved surface. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the second connecting end has a first concave curved surface, and the second convex curved surface faces the first concave curved surface. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the first connecting end has a second concave curved surface, the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface by the first magnetic member and the first The magnetic attraction between the connecting ends abuts, and when the first body and the second body rotate relative to each other along the rotating axis, the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface slide relative to each other. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the second concave curved surface, the second convex curved surface, the first concave curved surface, and the first convex curved surface have a center of curvature on the rotation axis. . The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the second body has an opposite operating surface and a bottom surface, and the second connecting end is bent toward the bottom surface to form a bent portion, the first convex arc a face formed on an outer side of the bent portion, the first concave A curved surface is formed on an inner side of the bent portion, and the first magnetic member is received inside the bent portion. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first body has a display surface opposite to the back surface and an edge adjacent to the display surface, and the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface The bottom surface of the second body is adapted to bear against the display surface of the first body, and the bending portion bears against the edge of the first body in a direction parallel to the display surface. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the first body has a third magnetic member, and when the bottom surface of the second body bears against the display surface of the first body, the third The magnetic attraction between the magnetic member and the second body positions the second body on the first body. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a tripod, wherein the first connecting end bears against a plane, the tripod is pivotally connected to a back surface of the first body and the first body is Supported on this plane. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein when the first connecting end moves along the plane to change the inclination of the first body, the second body moves along the plane along the first connecting end and The first body and the second body rotate relative to each other along the rotation axis. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first body is an integrally formed computer, and the second body is a keyboard. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first connecting end has a second concave curved surface, and the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface are a magnetic member is coupled to the magnetic attraction between the first connecting end, and when the first body and the second body are relatively rotated along the axis of rotation, the second concave curved surface and the first convex curved surface Relative sliding. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the second concave curved surface and the center of curvature of the first convex curved surface are located on the rotation axis.